Combination-lock.



11. P. NELSON. COMBINATION LQOK. APPLICATION FILED NOV.'25,',1913

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

mm M f Attorneys I .1Il1d AS J To all whom it inay ooaoern '1 Angola, in thepari'shjof Vest Felieianaand! a other eapacities to advantage" I Theinvention has been illust 'ated in its "preferred embodiment in the accompanying Fig. Q-isasectionaIView taken onthe line I terior viewofvthe1ock,i'.the back, or-case a useful Combination-Lock, o

" .lowing is a specification; '2'

The Y present invention ap permutation or 1 combination-166k,

' of construction hereinafter" describedlandf claimed, it? being understood that changes scope of What is claimeduwithout departingf I dinal section of 'thelock,f taken von the line I to whichthe; present lock is applicable.-

' body 1 is, provided with a recess or opening 3- adjoining the cover 2, and preferably of herein disclosed-canbe made within the from the spiritof the invention. a

the body of av trunk, suit case orn-theflike, having the cover or closure-2,"it beingunder-i.

oIiIsIANA,

s Nnnns, or fence W INGT 2 Be it known that -I',1Hnnnir 'Nniison, a citizen of thje gUnitedfStates; residingat;

State of 'Louisiana, have inventedaa new and' hich; :the folgr at a1 to provide a'ndvl and improv d emits-of that character which ,shall bbef: particularly applicable to trunks, suit -cases,1 and the like,j

although it f-irnay bejlemployed "in Various The present "invention Fcontemplates t novel 'assembla'ge of cooperable Jpa'rts, 5 1n order that thedesired 4 results f may be carried out in an efficacious-manner, and in oriinple, 'compactvand inexpensive, as warm;

enhancing the utility" of the device.

lined, and with "otheri objects :in" viewlwhich tion is better understoodgthe' present iin V vention resides in theicombi'nation tand ar-5 in theprecisezembodinient of the invention,

drawing,twherein: r, a

-Figure is a front view ofthe look asapplied], to a trunk," suit case onwthewlike' 22 of FigklmfFig. '3 is an inside or in-;

being removed? portions being broken away.-v Fig; 4' is a] horizontal or longitu? 44 of-Fig- 1. y In the drawing, "the hurneral 1 designates stood that the said parts yinay betaken as typical, so as to represent Various structures,

In carrying outlthe presentinvention, the};

m ation Iletters Patent,

Application filed member 25, 19:13,;

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lot. the parts, as

plate. a 1

l with t. the ,keeper.

outline its: .sion disposed parallel with the ledge-of the T-he; present? lock elnbfodies iac e pl ,4,

inset from the face of, the bodyl "andtpro wvides a. recess for the: reception; of certain will hereinafter more fully,

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y The present inventioiii'ilt lso eniploys ahasp Gihi-nged or pivoted to-ythe coyer 2 andtwhijch HENRY F. riigijoiiisranzi :Ass'igiioa biogaQQjaQ JOHN e H ONE-3411:3110 MaUnIcEnfwoUnrn, or

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gwhich has 'itsbody portion inset or sunk as "at 5,":to fit snugly within the recess or 'open-Ll ling 3, ,thekInarginalor rim poi'tionsof the base plate' beingisecured tether onter'side ,orffil ceibf gtheibbdy 1 :around theopening 3; Thus ,the central or main :portion' of the ,face

hastits r freeend portion oflset, as at; 7, Q to hen the haspi: is

v swung :to closed position :agai.nst the faceplate; v u 1-}; w Means eare provided on the back orinner: "side of the face plate for locking the hasp, and to this'end, a latch bolt 10- is] guided for ;engagewithin*the depressed or recessed por; tio 5 of the faceplate, asp cleal'ly vseen in ig.2.= Theioflset or freeend portion, 7 of" [the lflflSPmlS provicled with a loop shaped; ;;l ieeperj 8 insertible; through 1 an opening?" or; gslotg9 provided inuthe Eface plate, I that; ifs

longitudinali sliding movement {upon the I back of'theface plate, by means of a-suitable guidellLone end of the latch-bolt 10 being adapted to be shot or projected through the keeper 8 when thekeeper is. inserted through;- the opening or slot 9 of theface .As a means foractuating the lateh bolt '10 anhandleorl'mob 12is disposedwithin the recessed orffsunken portionofthe face plateto be accessiblepfromthe exterior, and

isprovided witha spindleor'pintle l3jour naled, through the :face plate below the latch bolt 10.. vA'finger 14: is secured to the innerJ "end of thelvs'pindle or, pintle 13 and its .free

enduengagesa talon or notchlolyformed inv f I -l" retracted or Withdrawn out of engagement }The permutation means l a thelbottorni 02f the;lat'ch bolt-10-intermediate its ends; ,It is l evident, that by rocking 1 or: oscillating-the handle or knob 12,1}the' latch bolt.,may be shot or projected F into engagement with the? keeper 8, andY-mayL also be} in co-axial or concentric relation'adj'oining the tail end of the latch bolt, the tumbler a 'ing the respective dials 18, 18 and 18 at.

their outer extremities. The tumbler" disks are preferably adjustable rotatably upon the p be destroyed, so that the" latch bole cannot shafts, in order "to' permit the companion tumbler disks and dialsto be adjusted larly With respect to one another for vary-i in'gwtl'ie combination; as will be obvious.

The shaft'l7-:connecting the tubular disk I 16" and the dial 18 which engage the face" plate, is tubular and isjournal'ed through the face plate, the shaft 1;? con'n'ecting:the tumbler disk 16 and thedial 18 which-bear against the disk 162' and the dial' -18 re- .spectively,- is" tubular and U i sxjournaled through the shaft 11.; and the' shaftrlf connectingthe remote or outermost tumbler a: disk 16' and dial 18' is preferably solid and is j ournaled through the intermediate shaft 17; The tumbler disks are preferably of uniform or like diameter, While the dialsjlS, 18" and 18 i are of graduated diameters, in

i order that the: graduated peripheries of the dials wi'll be exposed tOVieW,-3,I 1dCEO-1513111- pose of manipulating the dials; "The' dials cooperate with the suitable pointer upon the faceplate in order that the dials maybe properly-set to bring the gate notches 19f of-"the tumblerdisksi-nto registration for re" ceivin'g the tailof the latch bolt and to pera mitthe latch bolt to'f bejthroWn-open to-jrelease the keeper 8. The' movement of the- I 1 finger 14 is preferably limited, by means of a lug" 20 uponfthe inner side of 'the'face plate, to preventthe latch bolt from being excessively shot'through the keeper '8, and to prevent thefinger from swinging out of -=engagement With 'the' 'latch bolt, or talonthereof. 1 ,a The interior parts carried by the backof the face plate, are preferably inc losed by means of a back plate or case 21, Which is i detachable, from the interior, inorder that the tumbler disks may be adjusted for altering the combinationofthe lock. 1

1 In use, after the "cover 2 has been closed,-: thehasp 6 may be readily swung so that-the offset portion? swings Within and engages the shoulder formed by the depressed or y sunken portion of "the iface plate, which,

primarily, locksthe cover in position,-. and

at the-sametimath k p i l A h ghthe slot 9, alsoserves to lock the cover in position." It is to be understood, that to permit the keeper 8 to be inserted the a pii'n p si p w-JoH'N Bizoeeng through the slot 9, the latch bolt must have;

been peirieasly "stateside tail 6f the latch bolt entering-theregistering gate ncf tohe's l9 of-the] ftunblers- To look yii e y ne s y. to Swing-or part1ytiim thei'handlebr knob 12, to shoot the latch bolt through the keeper spend then by displacinglthe dials with respect to one. "another, the combination; will beretract'ed by -unwa'rrant'ed or malicious persons, not possessing "thejrequisite comgbination.

ihasp, the-ghandlet or knob; 12 for actuating the latch bolt,;.and;.thedials 18,18. and 18.7,; Will beuhousedio-r-completelyreceived by the; v

isunken or depressed: portionwof the face 1 plate, to prevent ,1 the 'said ,parts .from being iportation"ofethetru-nkor the like to which? 1 lthelock'isappliedx-I: Y i i To opengthe trunk, the respective dials are properly gsetbwithnres pect tojthe pointer,

which is facilitated; by' the indices on the dials, so thatfrtheggate notches ;19*;Will be 9broughtinto'register, adjoining, the tail of the latch .bolt,u;'a-nd consequently, the, latch fbolt *maybe 'retractediout of-engagement.

with" the keeper. 8,} so thatithe 'hasp may be;

Fthroivn open. for permitting-the cover or; 11 ;closure to be swung open.

fvFrom theforegoing,.:taken in connection Y 'with the drawmg, .the advantagesand capa bilities ofathepresentedevice 'Wlll: be mani-x fest'tothose versedein the art, and-neednot ib'exfurther oominentedupon. f 3-1:?

Having thus describedthe invention, what I A' look embodyinga :face having' a sunken .-.porti'on.-forming ahshoulder and 1 iprovided Withan opening, a ha'sphaving its free end portion'ofi'setto' swing Within? the said sunken portion of the'face plate and? a p to engage the :saidushoulder, a keeperecargriedby the offset portion; ofthe haspilin-r 'sertible through the said opening, means: carriedbyftheiinner side of the face plate engageable l vith the keeper, and means disposed Within the sunken portion of'the' face plate and, cooperable 'Withfthe f'aforesaidf means forka'ctuating the same.

"In-testimony that/I claim theforegoing as my own; I haveghereto affixed my signature inthe presencegof tWQWItDBSSBSV v a I f r 1 Qopies of this patent may be obtained'for fivecents'each, by addressiiig thei fioinin is' sioner nf-"fatality 

